前委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯在曼哈顿联邦法院提出申请，要求以国家元首豁免权为由驳回针对他们的毒品贩运指控1。两人的律师主张，作为外国领导人，他们享有主权豁免权，美国法院无权对其进行刑事审判1。马杜罗的律师声称，"没有美国法院曾对被其本国认可为坐任国家首脑的外国领导人进行过刑事审判"1。
法官阿尔文·K·赫勒施坦因定于11月17日就该驳回动议进行口头辩论1。案件计划于6月1日开庭1。马杜罗和弗洛雷斯自1月初被逮捕以来一直被关押在布鲁克林监狱1。检控方指控马杜罗策划向美国贩运数千吨可卡因1。若被判有罪，两人面临终身监禁的可能1。
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Flores have filed motions in Manhattan federal court seeking to dismiss drug trafficking charges against them, arguing they are entitled to sovereign immunity as foreign leaders 1. Their legal team contends that as heads of state recognized by their own nation, they cannot be subject to criminal prosecution in U.S. courts 1.
The pair have remained detained in Brooklyn since early January, when they were apprehended by U.S. special forces at their residence in Caracas 1. Prosecutors allege that Maduro orchestrated the trafficking of thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States 1. If convicted, both defendants face the possibility of life imprisonment 1.
A trial is scheduled to begin on June 1, with U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein set to hold oral arguments on the dismissal motion on November 17 1. Maduro's attorneys have stated that "no American court has ever conducted criminal trials of foreign leaders recognized by their own countries as sitting heads of state," according to their legal filings 1.
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